THE QUANTUM LEAP EPISODE GUIDE (Version 4.3 - Revised March 23, 1993) Maintained by Anita Kilgour (akilgour@Thinkage.On.CA) Special thanks to Jason E. Dzembo, Debbie Brown and Kitty Woldow Honourable Mention: Sally "Lucky Bitch" Smith (sallylb@netcom.netcom.com) Supplied by Graham Cluley Part Two - Episode Entries (continued) Second Year: Awards: Emmy Nomination - Best Drama Title: Honeymoon Express Leapdate: April 27, 1960 Episode Number: 009 Air Date: September 20, 1989 Writer: Donald P. Bellisario Director: Aaron Lipstadt Guest Cast: Alice Adair, Mathieu Carriere, Hank Rolike, Warren Frost, James Mastrantanio As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopathic, ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's funding will be cut off, stranding Sam alone in the past, unless he can prevent the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia. Title: Disco Inferno Leapdate: April 1, 1976 Episode Number: 010 Air Date: September 27, 1989 Writer: Paul Brown Director: Gilbert Shilton Guest Cast: Michael Greene, Kris Kamm, Kelli Williams, Peter Onorato, Arnetia Walker As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsessive father to let the younger son go his own way, even if it means going into country-western music, rather than following the family tradition of stuntwork. Title: The Americanization of Machiko Leapdate: August 4, 1953 Episode Number: 011 Air Date: October 11, 1989 Writer: Charlie Coffey Director: Gilbert Shilton Guest Cast: K Callan, Wayne Tippit, Leila Hee Olsen, Elena Stiteler, Patrick Massett As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight against the prejudice of both a scheming ex-girlfriend, as well as his mother, in order to gain acceptance of his new bride. Title: What Price Gloria? Leapdate: October 16, 1961 Episode Number: 012 Air Date: October 25, 1989 Writer: Deborah Pratt Director: Alan J. Levi Guest Cast: Jean Sagal, John Calvin Awards: Shown at Museum of Broadcasting Tribute to Quantum Leap, March 17, 1990 Sam is shocked when he learns he's leaped into a woman, Samantha Stormer. As a gorgeous secretary for an automobile company, Sam has to cope with sexual harassment by the boss, a suicide attempt by a roommate, and the effect his looks have on Al's lecherous tendencies. Title: Blind Faith Leapdate: February 6, 1964 Episode Number: 013 Air Date: November 1, 1989 Writer: Scott Shepherd Director: David J. Phinney Guest Cast: Cynthia Bain, Jennifer Rhodes, Kevin Skousen Although the concert pianist he leaps into is blind, a fact which bothers his girlfriend's disapproving mother, Sam can still see. At least until an exploding flashbulb blinds him at the crucial moment: when he must rescue his girlfriend from a serial killer. Title: Good Morning, Peoria Leapdate: September 9, 1959 Episode Number: 014 Air Date: November 8, 1989 Writer: Chris Ruppenthal Director: Michael Zinberg Guest Cast: Patricia Richardson, Richard McKenzie, Todd Merrill, Chubby Checker Rock 'n' roll is about to become big, but not in Peoria. That is, unless Sam, as DJ Howlin' Chick Howell, can manage to keep the radio station where he's employed from being shut down by overly conservative town elders. Title: Thou Shalt Not... Leapdate: February 2, 1974 Episode Number: 015 Air Date: November 15, 1989 Writer: Tammy Ader Director: Randy Roberts Guest Cast: James Sutorius, Terri Hanauer, Lindsay Fisher, Russ Tamblyn, Jill Jacobson Sam's task as a rabbi is to keep his sister-in-law from falling for a sleazy author and ruining her life. In the process he also helps the family recover from the year-old death of their son. Title: Jimmy Leapdate: October 14, 1964 Episode Number: 016 Air Date: November 22, 1989 Writer: Paul M. Belous & Robert Wolterstorff Director: James Whitmore, Jr. Guest Cast: John DiAquino, Laura Harrington, Michael Alldredge, Ryan McWhorter, Michael Madsen Since mainstreaming the mentally retarded is not yet a popular concept, Sam must help Jimmy LaMotta, the "slow" young man he's leaped into, get a job and gain his coworkers' acceptance, to prevent his brother from returning Jimmy to the institution. Title: So Help Me God Leapdate: July 29, 1957 Episode Number: 017 Air Date: November 29, 1989 Writer: Deborah Pratt Director: Andy Cadiff Guest Cast: Byrne Piven, Tyra Ferrell, Kathleen Noone, Ketty Lester, John Apicella, Stacy Ray, John Shepard, William Schallert Though he can't remember much more than habeas corpus, Sam finds himself the defense attorney for a young black woman accused of murdering the son of the most powerful man in a small Louisiana town. Title: Catch A Falling Star Leapdate: May 21, 1979 Episode Number: 018 Air Date: December 6, 1989 Writer: Paul Brown Director: Donald P. Bellisario Guest Cast: John Cullum, Michele Pawk, Janine Turner, Ernie Sabella, Paul Sand Sam leaps into Ray Hutton, the understudy for the role of Cervantes just seconds before curtain time. His mission: prevent the drunken star from falling and seriously injuring himself during a benefit performance of Man of LaMancha. Sam isn't helped by the presence of his former piano teacher, on whom he once had a crush, and who now appears to have caught the star's eye as well. Title: A Portrait for Troian Leapdate: February 7, 1971 Episode Number: 019 Air Date: December 13, 1989 Writer: Teleplay: Scott Shepherd & Donald P. Bellisario Story: John Hill & Scott Shepherd Director: Michael Zinberg Guest Cast: Deborah Pratt, Robert Torto, Carolyn Seymour Sam leaps into a reknowned parapsychologist where he must prevent a young widow from joining her husband at the bottom of a lake, while proving that she's not crazy, despite her claims of hearing her dead husband calling to her. Title: Animal Frat Leapdate: October 19, 1967 Episode Number: 020 Air Date: January 3, 1990 Writer: Chris Ruppenthal Director: Gilbert Shilton Guest Cast: Stacy Edwards, Raphael Sbarge, Darren Dalton, Brian Haley, Stuart Fratkin, Robert Petkoff, Edward Edwards Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing", the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam. Title: Another Mother Leapdate: September 30, 1981 Episode Number: 021 Air Date: January 10, 1990 Writer: Deborah Pratt Director: Joseph L. Scanlan Guest Cast: Michael Stoyanov, Olivia Burnette, Troian Bellisario, Allison Barron, Andrew Held, Larron Tate, Kevin Telles, Eric Welch, Terrence Evans, Michael Kemmerling As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to be seen again, is made more interesting by the fact that his youngest daughter can see both him and Al. Title: All-Americans Leapdate: November 6, 1962 Episode Number: 022 Air Date: January 17, 1990 Writer: Paul Brown & Donald P. Bellisario Director: John Cullum Guest Cast: Richard Coca, Ruth Britt, Pepe Serna, Fausto Bara, Robert Benedetti Keeping his best friend from throwing the high school championship football game, costing both of them their scholarship offers, Sam must also get their families to consolidate. Title: Her Charm Leapdate: September 26, 1973 Episode Number: 023 Air Date: February 7, 1990 Writer: Teleplay: Deborah Pratt & Donald P. Bellisario Story: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff, Deborah Pratt, & Donald P. Bellisario Director: Chris Welch Guest Cast: Teri Austin, Stanley Brock, John Snyder, Rene Assa, John Shepherd Protecting a female member of the witness protection program from a mafia hitman proves difficult for Sam, since the FBI appears to have an informant confounding his attempts to hide her. Title: Freedom Leapdate: November 22, 1970 Episode Number: 024 Air Date: February 14, 1990 Writer: Chris Ruppenthal Director: Alan J. Levi Guest Cast: Frank Sotonoma Salsedo, Leon Rippy, Gloria Hayes, Tom Everett Rather than saving his grandfather's life, Sam has to escape from jail and elude the police long enough to get them both to the reservation, where the old man can die in peace, at home. Title: Good Night, Dear Heart Leapdate: November 9, 1957 Episode Number: 025 Air Date: March 7, 1990 Writer: Paul Brown Director: Christopher T. Welch Guest Cast: William Cain, Marcia Cross, Robert Duncan McNeill, Deborah Strang, W. K. Stratton Awards: Mystery Writers of America Award: Paul Brown Rather than saving the damsel of the episode, who supposedly committed suicide, Sam is the coroner trying to prove that she was murdered, and find out by whom. Title: Pool Hall Blues Leapdate: September 4, 1954 Episode Number: 026 Air Date: March 14, 1990 Writer: Randy Holland Director: Joe Napolitano Guest Cast: Shari Headley, J. W. Smith, Teddy Wilson, Ken Foree, Robert Gossett Awards: Winner: Emmy - Cinematography: Michael Watkins American Society of Cinematographers Award Nomination: Michael Watkins In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the place, Sam has to play pool like a pro...with a little help from Al and Ziggy. Title: Leaping In Without a Net Leapdate: November 18, 1958 Episode Number: 027 Air Date: March 28, 1990 Writer: Tommy Thompson Director: Christopher T. Welch Guest Cast: Jan Triska, Fabiana Udenio, Richard Riehle, Phil Fondacaro Sam remembers he's afraid of heights when he leaps into a trapeze artist, whose sister wants him to catch her as she does a triple without a net. Dad is less than pleased, since his wife died a few years earlier while attempting the same stunt. Title: Maybe Baby Leapdate: March 11, 1963 Episode Number: 028 Air Date: April 4, 1990 Writer: Paul Brown & Julie Brown Director: Michael Zinberg Guest Cast: Julie Brown, Jimmy Ray Weeks, Travis McKenna, Cathy McAuley, Charles Frank Babysitting a kidnapped tot and a flakey, compulsively lying stripper keeps Sam busy as they cross Texas, on the run from the legal father and a squad of cops. Title: Sea Bride Leapdate: June 3, 1954 Episode Number: 029 Air Date: May 2, 1990 Writer: Deborah Pratt Director: Joe Napolitano Guest Cast: Beverly Leech, John Hertzler, James Harper, Patricia Harty, Juliet Sorcey, Tony Maggio, Louis Guss Awards: Emmy Nomination: Costume Design Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex-wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment. Title: M.I.A. Leapdate: April 1, 1969 Episode Number: 030 Air Date: May 9, 1990 Writer: Donald P. Bellisario Director: Michael Zinberg Guest Cast: Jason Beghe, Susan Diol, Norman Large, Pat Skipper, William Shockley, Sierra Pecheur, Letitia Vasquez, Dan Ziskie When Sam leaps into the life of an undercover cop, Al explains that his mission is to convince a navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, and to prevent her from marrying a lawyer she meets on the day Sam leaps in. But a series of coincidences causes Sam to wonder about the true nature of his mission. @~To be continued in the next file - o -